His work starts at half past eight, and finishes at a quarter to five.
30开始工作，4：45下班。
初二英语课文
Unit 10 Home and work
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 四分之一;一刻钟;地区;（美式足球的）一节;
vt. 把…四等分;供…住宿;使（士兵）驻扎;
💡 quart四+er名词后缀 → 四分之一；一刻钟
"They walked a quarter of a mile down the mountainside."
他们沿山坡下行了四分之一英里的路程.
近义：house, keep, lodge, place, accommodate, billet
反义：oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile
vt.& vi. 使工作;使运作;操作;使产生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工厂;行为，事业;
vt. 使工作;操作;经营;使缓慢前进;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近义：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反义：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
adj. 一半的，半个的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱;（比赛、音乐会等的）半场;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业.
近义：mid, midway, partially, semi
反义：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
adj. 过去的，以前的;结束的;前任的;
n. 过去，过往;往事;[语]过去时;
prep. 超过，超出;远于;越过;
adv. 经过，超过;
💡 past（过去的）已经pass（过去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步从他身边走过，都没有回头瞧他一眼。
近义：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反义：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
num. 八;八个;第八;
n. 八;八人（或物）一组;八人划船队;
adj. 八个的;
"The government's majority has been whittled down to eight."
政府多数票减少到了八票.